Will you be joining the Januhairy movement?

By Marilynn Manuel

09 January 2019

young woman embraces her body hair. Credit: iStock

Tip: It might help you get over Januworry.

As we all wait for our next payday (yes we were warned about having to stretch our December salaries over what feels like three months in one), a refreshing campaign that actually encourages women to grow their body hair with pride has been started by Laura Jackson, a drama student from the UK.

While growing body hair as always been regarded as a no-no for women in society, the Januhairy movement seems to have been received really well as many people take to social media using the hashtag Januhairy, coupled with pictures of hairy legs and armpits.

According to Today, Laura had grown her hair for a performance but soon began to embrace the fuzz and decided to keep it. She then started an Instagram page called Januhairy and invited others to join the movement.

A post shared by Januhairy (@janu_hairy) on Jan 2, 2019 at 10:35am PST

The Januhairy movement is not only creating a platform to encourage women and everyone really to be accepting of hair growth on the female body but is also raising funds for Body Gossip, which is an education program that aims to change the way young people view body image.

And we love it!

While we're at it, we'll be leaving the hair on our nipples, under our nose and wherever else it grows to just do it's thing.